LEE 



693 



LEG 



Inhibited! 



Ditto Mopbrcd in trade, Ac. 



n-h, is governed by a mayor, 12 aldermen, and 24 

 councillors. 



The country round Leeds is pleasant and beauti- 

 ful. The vale of the Aire is highly interesting. The 

 soil is very fertile, and within three or four miles of the 

 town there is abundance of coal, which is very cheap. 

 Within a mile of the town are vast quarries of argilla- 

 ceous schistns, which nipply Leeds, &c. with flag-stones. 



The following i an abstract of die population of the 

 town and liberty of Leeds for the year 1811. 



12,249 



13,641 

 11,739 

 29,512 



Female* - . - 33.022 



TM*1 population 62,534 



Leeds is situated in East Long. 0* 37' 26", and North 

 Lat. 63 48' 0". 



For farther information respecting this opulent town, 

 see the magnificent work of Thoresby, entitled Ducatus 

 Ltndientii, edited by Dr. Whitaker, and published at 

 Leeds in 1.816; also Whitaker 's Ijoide* and Elmele, 

 Leeds, 1816, a work of equal splendour ; and the Beau. 

 tie* of England and Wale*, vol. xvi. p. 775. 



LEETAKOO or LATTAKOO, is a large and populous 

 city of Africa, and the capital of the territory of the 

 Booshooana tribes. This town was visited in 1801 by 

 Dr. William Sornerville and Mr. Truter, and is six- 

 teen days journey beyond the Orange river. The ac- 

 count of the town given by these travellers, will be 

 found in our article BOOSHOOANAS. 



Leetakoo was visited in June 1813, by the Rev. Mr. 

 Campbell, minister of Kingxland Chapel, who has given 

 a very full account of the inhabitants. He describes 

 the city as lying in a valley between hills, and stretch- 

 ing about three or four miles from east to west. The 

 city is divided into about 50 districts, separated from 

 each other, having each a headman, or alderman, and a 

 place enclosed for public resort, where the men jH-iul 

 the greater part of the day together, dressing skins, and 

 making knives, and various articles. Copper and iron 

 are obtained from some nation farther west ; and it is 

 HfY^ff^^inH that there are copper mines in mountains 

 not very distant from Leetakoo. From these metals 

 the people manufacture axes, adzes, knives, spears, and 

 bodkins, rings for the legs, arms, fingers, and ears. 

 Their cloaks are made and sewed as well as those of 

 neans. The women of Leetakoo build the houses, 

 ie field*, and sow and reap, while the men milk 

 the cow*, make their clothes, and go to war. Even the 

 Queen dig* the ground along with the other females. 

 They use a kind of pick-axe. They all sing when at 

 work, and strike the ground in time. In the house of 

 Saiakootoo the king's brother, Mr. Campbell saw paint- 

 ing*, which were rude representations of the cameleon 

 and rhinoceros, elephant, lion, tiger, and strinhuck. 

 Thrr were drawn on the clay wall with white and black 

 paint by SaUkootoo's wife. The water by which the 

 town is supplied, is obtained from holes at the end of 

 a hill about a mile to the westward. Each hole is one 

 foot in duuneter, and two feet deep. From 50 to 100 

 women are to be found at these little wells from morn- 

 ing till evening. From the best calculation which Mr. 

 Campbell could make, he estimated the number of 

 booses at 1900, and the inhabitants at 7500. There 

 are, it is said, about a thousand places called outposts, 

 where there are people and cattle. 



Mr. Campbell places Leetakoo in about 26 1 V of 

 South Lat and S5 1*' East of Greenwich. See Bar- 

 XBW'I Trai-tlt ii the South tf Africa; and Campbell's 



Travels in the South of Africa, chap. 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, Lrfoog* 

 20. Lond. 1815. II 



LEFOOGA. See FRIENDLY ISLES, vol. ix. p. 755. Le g hotn - 

 col. 1. "Y 



LEGACY. See LAW, p. 624, 27, and p. 680, 3. 



LEGEND. See MEDALS. 



LEGHORN, or LIVORNO, anciently Libvrni porlus, 

 and Liburnum, is a flourishing city and sea-port town 

 of Italy, in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. It is situa- 

 ted in the Mediterranean, in a marshy and unhealthy 

 country, opposite to the small island of Malora. The 

 town, which is well fortified, is of a square form, and 

 is about 12,790 feet in circumference. Its streets are 

 straight, regular, and wide, and many of the buildings 

 are tolerably handsome. The fine street, called the 

 Street of Ferdinand, traverses the town in a straight 

 line from the gate of Pisa to the Colonella gate. The 

 Place of Arms is a noble square. 



Leghorn contains fourteen churches, two Greek cha- 

 pels, an Armenian chapel, and a magnificient syna- 

 gogue. Its principal church is collegiate; and the 

 constant residence of the canons fixes several men of 

 learning in the town. The free Turks and Turkish 

 slaves have a mosque ; but, with the exception of the 

 English, who have a chaplain, the Protestants are not 

 permitted the free exercise of their religion. One of 

 the principal objects of interest at Leghorn is the marble 

 statue, erected by Cosmo II. to his father the Grand 

 Duke Ferdinana I., which is the work of Giovanni del 

 Opera. It stands in an open place before the harbour. 

 The gigantic figures of the Turkish slaves, chained at 

 the angles of the pedestal, are particularly admired. 

 The i'.ampo Santt* or the Cemetery of the Catholics, is 

 planted with cypress, and has some fine chapels. The 

 cemetery of the English is still more magnificent, and 

 contains some superb mausoleums. The harbour is di- 

 vided into the outer and the inner. The inner harbour 

 serves merely for four or five gallies, which are em- 

 ployed against the Corsairs. The outer harbour is form- 

 ed by a mole, 600 common paces long. It is well paved, 

 with a partition in the middle for sheltering the ship- 

 ping from the wind on one side. From this mole, 

 which is a favourite promenade, are seen the punta Ca- 

 valfggieri, the lighthouse, which stands on a rock, and 

 has 30 lamps in one lanthorn, the islands of Gorgona, 

 Meloria, Capraia, and even Corsica. Large ships lie 

 beyond the mole, moored to pillars of large iron rings, 

 as there is not a sufficiency of water in the harbour. 

 There are at Leghorn three lazarettos and an arsenal ; 

 and the vessels perform quarantine at Moleto. The in- 

 habitants of Leghorn carry on an extensive trade, which 

 is greatly promoted by the freedom of the port, as eve- 

 ry bale of goods, whatever be its size, pays only two 

 piastres, or scudi. Coral is the principal object of ma- 

 nufacture at Leghorn. After it is obtained from the 

 fisheries, it is manufactured for the Indies. It is first 

 reduced into small grains (like those of beads) of differ- 

 ent sizes, which is done by first cutting the coral into 

 small cubical pieces, then perforating them, and after- 

 wards grinding them on a revolving stone, till they re- 

 ceive the desired shape. They are next arranged into 

 sires by passing them through sieves, and assorted ac- 

 cording to similarity of colour. The most lively colours 

 are the most prized in the Indies, and the palest arc 

 most esteemed in Germany. The largest are sold at 60 

 francs per ounce. At the orphans' hospital there is 

 a manufacture of artificial flowers. The great part 

 of the trade of Leghorn is carried on by the Jews, who 

 live in a particular part of the city, and, though subject 

 to heavy exactions, they are ^till in a prosperous state. 



